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Home: Video University Forums: Sony DV and DVCAM Forum:
My system is breaking down...

 

 


Bill Grant
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Feb 27, 2006, 10:30 AM

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Hello all. I am having a very frustrating problem since I purchased my VX2100, and I hope I can get a suggestion or 2 here. For every tape I have tried to input so far I have had a complete PC lockdown. Let me give a little background... in October I upgraded my PC to a P4 3.2, 1Gig RAM, and I am feeding to a SATA 300GB hard drive. When this happens, the mouse pointer freezes and the audio is still there but "frozen" My business is computers so I know the PC side well enough to know that what I am getting here is a complete system lockdown, my only resolution is to restart. The tape continues to play in whatever deck I happen to be using; I have tried using my Panasnic GS120 as a deck, and also the sony. This happens traditionally after 12-18 minutes of constant feed. Am I just simply running out o resources? Or is there a problem with the camera or how I am trying to input it? It has happened with LP and SP recorded tapes, but more often with LP. It never happened using this same PC with my Canon or Panasonic footage. However, I also never tried to batch capture a whole tape, I would fish through and get just what I wanted. I figured that I had enough RAM etc., and I shut down all my background processes before capturing. I am using Sony Vegas 6.0d. Any help anyone can give would be much appreciated.

Bill
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(This post was edited by Bill Grant on Feb 27, 2006, 10:30 AM)


rodovideo
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Mar 3, 2006, 9:56 AM

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WARNING: I am NOT a computer expert.... but the 12-18 minute just made me think... Is the system setup as FAT32 or NTFS? I don't know if that would be an issue but that's my only thought and since nobody has responded yet.... I figured what the heck.


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Bill Grant
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Mar 3, 2006, 10:03 AM

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NTFS all the way (on all 3 drives) I figured out that I had a heat problem actually. I removed the side of my case to relieve a little heat, and it is working fine now.
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rodovideo
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Mar 3, 2006, 10:14 AM

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Ah yes.... forgot about that one...
I had that happen to me way back when I first started capturing video. I had my system setup in our den/playroom/Floridaroom. That room was hard to cool in the summertime and my system would lockup so I pulled the side cover off and pointed a fan @ the harddrive... yep I remember that now. I even had Compaq send me replacement harddrives, thinking that it was a problem with the drives. I even experienced that with one of my external drives, but since I moved back home to PA.... heat is not an issue.


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Bill Grant
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Mar 3, 2006, 10:21 AM

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Yeah, I ran the temp gauge software for my MB and noticed a 30degree swing in temp from a closed up case to an open case. I also realized that all of this started after I "cleaned up" my desk and reattached the case... thanks for the suggestion anyway... btw the windows movie maker that comes with windows ran almost 40degress cooler than vegas while capturing...

Bill
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